The natural history of the Bible: or A description of all the beasts, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, trees, plants, metals, precious stones, &c. mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures
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Link Singerman ID: supp1046
Year: 1793
Entry: Harris, Thaddeus Mason. The Natural History of the Bible: or, A Description of All the Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Trees, Plants, Metals, Precious Stones, &c. Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. Collected from the best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged. ... Published according to Act of Congress. Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, MDCCXCIII. 272 p.
Author/Editor: Thaddeus Mason Harris
Location: Boston, MA
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: The natural history of the Bible: or A description of all the beasts, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, trees, plants, metals, precious stones, &c. mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures
Printer/Publisher: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews
Language: English
Notes: In addition to Biblical sources, the author draws upon rabbinical literature, as in the entry for "Oil," citing Maimonides (p. 200), or entry for "Spices," drawing on the Talmud and Josephus (p. 256). A later edition (Boston, 1820) has been enlarged with additional entries; for instance, "Bitter-Herbs" (p. 56), citing the Mishnah, Pesachim 2. Evans 25586, Rosenbach 89.